service projects

Grounded after foot surgery, I thought I would spend weeks doing nothing more productive than catching up on long-missed TV shows. Instead, thanks to my trusty Mac computer, I’ve booked flights, met with colleagues across the country, and even dived into HTML code for the […]

Earlier, I wrote about how we developed service projects with kids from service project ideas to community-wide take action projects. The article lists what we did to learn about various issues and includes leadership resources that helped us undertake service projects. But the important take […]

When I first volunteered to lead a troop of Brownie Girl Scouts, it was because I wanted to introduce young girls to new friends and a wider world of opportunity. Little did I know at the time that this decision would change my world. Even […]

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